Whiting, Kenneth, CAPT

Deceased

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Captain

Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1943-1943, Naval Air Station (NAS) New York, NY

Service Years
1905 - 1943

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Massachusetts

Year of Birth
1881

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Contact Info

Last Address Bethesda, MD
Date of Passing Apr 24, 1943
Wall/Plot Coordinates Ashes scattered off Execution Rocks

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1943, In the Line of Duty

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Body buried at sea
Specifically: According to his wishes, in the deepest part of Long Island Sound.

His brother - Whiting, Frances Eliot Maynar, VADM

Other Comments:

The last Naval aviator to be trained by Orville Wright. Designated Naval Aviator # 16

Died on Active Duty

1924-1926, Bureau of Aeronautics

From Month/Year - / 1924	To Month/Year - / 1926
Unit Bureau of Aeronautics Unit Page
Rank Commander	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	Bureau of Aeronautics Details

	Type Shore Support
	Parent Unit Major Commands	Strength Command
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Apr 30, 2009

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13 Members Also There at Same Time

Bureau of Aeronautics

Moffett, William Adger, RADM, (1890-1933)			Rear Admiral Upper Half
Rodgers, John, CDR, (1897-1926)			Commander
Mullinnix, Henry Maston, RADM, (1916-1943)			Lieutenant
Wooster, Stanton Hall, LT, (1917-1927)			Lieutenant
Richardson, Holden Chester, CAPT, (1897-1952)	WO		Captain
Richardson, Holden Chester, CAPT, (1897-1952)	WO		Commander
DuBose, Laurence Toombs, ADM, (1913-1955)	OFF		Lieutenant Commander
Stevens, Leslie Clark, VADM, (1915-1951)	OFF		Lieutenant Commander
Bennett, Floyd, Mach., (1917-1928)	WO	7432	Chief Machinist (CWO)
Johnson, Alfred Wilkinson, VADM, (1895-1945)			Captain
Towers, John Henry, ADM, (1906-1947)			Commander
Capehart, Wadleigh, CAPT, (1906-1946)			Lieutenant Commander
Harrill, William Keene, VADM, (1914-1954)			Lieutenant Commander
Davis, Arthur Cayley, ADM, (1915-1955)			Lieutenant